WATFORD. Watford demolishes Manchester United 4-1 with goals of J. King (28′), I. Sarr (44′), J. Pedro (90′) and E. Dennis (90′). Regarding the opposition, Manchester United scored with D. van de Beek (50′). Manchester United was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (61%).
I. Sarr squandered a penalty (11′) for Watford.
The match was played at the Vicarage Road stadium in Watford on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Jonathan Moss who was helped by Marc Perry and Tim Wood. The 4th official was Dean Whitestone. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.7 degrees Celsius or 49.44 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.
Match Statistics
- ! 39 Ball Possession 61
Shots
- 20 Total 9
- 7 On Target 3
- 6 Off Target 5
- 7 Shots blocked 1
- 111 Attack 84
- 53 Dangerous attack 35
- 54 Ball safe 85
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 3
- 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 7 Total 5
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 1
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Manchester United had a strong ball possession 61% while Watford was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Watford was has a more offensive attitude with 53 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Watford won the match.
Watford shot 20 times, 7 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Manchester United shot 9 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Watford received 2 yellow cards (E. Dennis and I. Louza). On the opposite side, Manchester United received 2 yellow cards (S. McTominay and H. Maguire).
Also, Manchester United didn’t finish the match with 11 players after H. Maguire (Manchester United) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (69′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Watford will have 13 points like Brentford and Aston Villa to remain in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Manchester United will stay with 17 points like Brighton & Hove Albion to remain in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Watford will play away against Leicester City on the 28th of November with a 13-9 head to head statistic in favor of Leicester City (4 draws).
Manchester United will play away agasint Chelsea on the 28th of November with a 14-14 head to head statistic.
Watford – Formation
Watford started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Claudio Ranieri decided to play with the following team: Ben Foster , Kiko Femenía , Craig Cathcart , Nicolas N’Koulou , Adam Masina , Moussa Sissoko , Ismaïla Sarr , Imrân Louza , Tom Cleverley , Emmanuel Dennis and Joshua King .
The home team had on the bench: Daniel Bachmann, Dan Gosling, Jeremy Ngakia, Ashley Fletcher, Danny Rose, João Pedro , Cucho Hernández , Ozan Tufan and William Troost-Ekong .
Watford could not rely on the presence of Cucho (injured).
Substitutions
Watford made 3 changes: N. N’Koulou for W. Troost-Ekong (63′), I. Sarr for Cucho (68′) and I. Louza for J. Pedro (77′).
Best player: Emmanuel Dennis
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Watford was Emmanuel Dennis.
His rating is with 1 goal, 21 passes (57% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 21. He performed 3 crosses.
Manchester United – Formation
Manchester United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Ole Gunnar Solskjær played with: David De Gea , Aaron Wan-Bissaka , Victor Lindelöf , Harry Maguire , Luke Shaw , Scott McTominay , Nemanja Matić , Jadon Sancho , Bruno Fernandes , Marcus Rashford and Cristiano Ronaldo .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Tom Heaton, Anthony Martial , Eric Bailly, Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata, Diogo Dalot , Donny van de Beek , Fred and Alex Telles.
Manchester United could not rely on the presence of H. Maguire (injured) and D. Dalot (injured).
Substitutions
Manchester United made 4 changes: S. McTominay for D. van de Beek (46′), M. Rashford for A. Martial (46′), L. Shaw for D. Dalot (85′) and J. Sancho for J. Lingard (90′).
Best player: Donny van de Beek
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Manchester United was Donny van de Beek.
His rating is with 1 goal, 24 passes (79% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 8.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Aston Villa – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2-0
- Burnley – Crystal Palace – 3-3
- Leicester City – Chelsea – 0-3
- Liverpool – Arsenal – 4-0
- Newcastle United – Brentford – 3-3
- Norwich City – Southampton – 2-1
- Watford – Manchester United – 4-1
- Wolverhampton Wanderers – West Ham United – 1-0